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BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics Volume 31, 2016 - Issue 3
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Birth of a theorem: a mathematical adventure by Cédric Villani (trans Malcolm DeBevoise, ill Claude Gongard)

The Bodley Head, 2015, 272pp, £18.99, ISBN 978-1-84-792252-6

Snezana Lawrence
Pages 263-265 | Published online: 31 Oct 2016
 
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Notes

1 To appear in Brendan Larvor (ed), Mathematical cultures: London meetings 2012–2014 (Springer 2016).

2 An article by Alexander Masters published in The Spectator on 28 February 2015, entitled How could anyone enjoy Cédric Villani's ‘Birth of a Theorem’? I think I've worked it out. Accessed 15 May 2016 http://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/02/how-could-anyone-enjoy-cedric-villanis-birth-of-a-theorem-i-think-ive-worked-it-out/

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